necrophagous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“Unlike gut piles, which are often peppered with bullet fragments, car-killed opossums and squirrels come lead-free, Whole Foods for the necrophagous set.”
From Salon
His, indeed, is a scholarship which is essentially necrophagous.
From Project Gutenberg
These false eagles rarely kill any living bird or animal; and their vulture-like, necrophagous habits are very evident to any one who has fallen asleep on the desolate plains; for, when he awakes, he will see on each surrounding hillock one of these birds patiently watching him with an evil eye.
From Project Gutenberg
Necrophagous: living in or on carrion.
From Project Gutenberg
Necrophagous insects and other vermin would come to the aid of air, moisture and bacteria, and I could return in the autumn and gather up the bones all ready for the museum.
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